Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic
# Order of the Star of the Romanian Socialist Republic

The Order of the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania (Romanian: Ordinul Steaua Republicii Socialiste România), from 1948 to 1965 the Order of the Star of the Romanian People's Republic (Romanian: Ordinul Steaua Republicii Populare Române), was the second-highest honor bestowed by the Socialist Republic of Romania (known as the Romanian People's Republic from 1947 to 1965). Established on 12 January 1948, during the regime's first month, it came in five classes:

## Recipients

Recipients of its first class included Siegfried Wolfinger (1952), Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra (1953), Emil Bodnăraș, Justinian Marina, Gala Galaction (1954), Dimitrie Cuclin (1955), Simion Stoilow (1957), Alexandru Kirițescu, László Szabédi, Petre Antonescu, Cicerone Theodorescu (1958), N. Gh. Lupu, Károly Kós (1959), Tudor Arghezi (1960), Ion S. Gheorghiu, Gheorghe Macovei, Erasmus Julius Nyárády, Horia Maicu, George Oprescu, Mihail Jora, Miron Radu Paraschivescu (1961), Ion Agârbiceanu, Nicolae Profiri, Aurel Beleș, Corneliu Miklosi, Ion Jalea, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Perpessicius (1962), Leontin Sălăjan (1963), Nikita Khrushchev (1964), Simion Bughici, Nicolae Giosan (1971 and 1981) Soeharto (1982) and Kim Il Sung (1982).

Recipients of its second class included Corneliu Baba, Alexandru Bârlădeanu, Mihai Beniuc, Geo Bogza, George Călinescu, Alexandru Ciucurencu, Nicolae Corneanu, George Georgescu, Athanase Joja, Barbu Lăzăreanu, and Gheorghe Mihoc.

Dumitru Coliu received both classes, in 1948 and 1957, respectively.

